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Incubator and autoclave. High School farm girls take on ambitious science projects

Put a couple of farm girls fascinated by living things into a high school with a dynamic science teacher and grant-funded lab equipment, and you just might get senior projects on plant propagation and embryonic transplants.

"We want them to experience what real science and research are," said Edward Richards, a science teacher at Filer High School.

This winter, two seniors in his projects class are taking advantage of Filer High’s fine collection of lab equipment – and of Richards’ passion for pairing students with professionals in real-world industry and research.

By Virginia S. Hutchins
Times-News writer

Full Story: http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2007/01/26/news/top_story/105031.txt

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